Toy pistol



Aug. 8, 1933. E. s. PEAKE 1,921,133

TOY PISTOL Filed Sept. 29, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l g'ml. 39 :4 F g-.4. 119:5.

EDWARD S. PEAKE,

Aug. 8, 1933. E, s. PEAKE 1,921,133

TOY PISTOL Filed Sept. 29, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug 8, 1 933 2 a p 'roYfPIs 'roL V V Edward S. Peake, Westerville, Ohio, assignor tof The-Kilgore Mfg.;ompany, Westerville,l0hio, a Corporationof Ohio V 'Applicatioi i September 29, 19 32 L J Serial Ni); 635,349

. My inventionrelates to munition therefor. a,

- .It isthejobject of my invention to provide a toy pistol operable either by a trigger or by a handle,.itbeing possible to operate by the handle without disturbing the trigger-mechanism;

It is a furtheriobjectfto provide ammunition especially designed to fit the pistoland suitably arrangeiso that theammunition positively mounted upon and aligned upon the'ammuni-tion actuating mechanism so that jthe spots of explosive materialwill be positively presented when and as-desired. It'is a further objecttoprovidea single spring action for boththe triggerjand'the hammer, and. for uniformly'actuatihgthese =members in connection with the-feedingmecharlism.

toy pistols and-a nanvil and in conjunctionwith it to'provide ,a

ammunition has been fired. V In particularitis a feature of' my invention that as the trigger engages a tooth onfthe wheel to :start feedin then the second tooth from the one engaged by the trigger starts the hammer lifting ;.operation1-against a cam surface on the. bottom part of the face of. the hammer, making (the first lifting of the; hammer a very, easy action, and. as soon-as this lifting is started then the tooth next to 1 the oneengaging the trigger lifts :aluglocated. on the hammer at a lowerplace and performs the balance of --the lifting}. This I avoidshavingiall of the lifting ,per formed'by one the side opposite toFiguire I. l

the leading- Figur'e 3 is a side'elevatienfof the pistol from:

Figure his: a'front elevation of the pistol;

' Figure 5jisa rear elevation offth'e pistolwith' the operating handle in position. Figure'o'is section on the line -6-6 of Fig-.

Figure 7 isa perspective of thefjcor'nbined trig? gel and ammunition actuator with its springsup-" port and guide;

- handle.

pletethe lifting operation. It is: another object'to provide a'feedingwheel spring stripper for stripping the stripafter the .urel. r Figure is a plan view of the ammunition. 1

enclosed position.

. z o'olaim (01. 42-57)" Figure 8 is a perspective of the operating Figure 9 is'a side elevation frornthe loadingside with the -cover removed, of the mechanism in inoperative position. 1 j Figur'e '10 is asimilar view showihg the ammunition actuator about to engagej one tooth of the feeding wheel anvil. V

Figure llis a similar View showing one of the 1 "teeth on thefeeding wheel anvil'proceeding to 'next to the one engaged by the trigger actuator nowengaging the bottom of the hammer to com- Figure 13- is a, similar view showing the parts infiring position.

Figure 14 isa section on the line 14'14 of Fig- ;,Figure 16 is a section on the line lfi- -lfi 'of Figure l5.- 7 Figure 17 is a perspective of the spring stripper. Referring to the d-rawings in detail, the casing of Ithe, pistol is formed into a righthand half designatedj l, which supports the mechanism and the ammunition, andwa lefthand half designated 2, which acts as a cover and. carries a swinging loading door 3; .,.This loading door is'rnounted upon cams 4 engaging with corresponding cams 5 on the half 1, and with the inside ofthe half 2 so that the combined cam and-spring action of the. respective, halves; whichareattached togethergby, retaining screws 6,. will give suffij-f ci'ent spring action to hold the doorin either open Through this opening a-roll of ammunition. ,7

, is introduced and mou'ntedlupon a supporting pin 8 on the halfl. From this'supportitng .pin 3 the roll 7 is fedoff at the bottom towardthe right-' hand. so that its perforations 9 betweenthe am- ;munition spots 1 0.will be engaged by the teeth 11, 12,13, 14, 15 and'l6 in succession, with the ammunitionspots -10 resting on the feeding wheel air-- actuator that actuate-ethe ammunition by engaging the'to'oth- '11; etc. of the feeding wheel anvil 17.

'- Tlie shoulder 1 8 as the ammunition actuator is vil 17 carrying these teeth, saidanimunitionspofs' being located betweenthe teeth. 1

thefinal lifting action, and when -jboth pins 12 fand'13 are out of the road the hammen-thus mounted on" the horizontal guide rod 19 of the trigger mechanism, from which depends the trigger 20, having a rearwardly and horizontally. posed spring supportZl carrying a'springengaging pin 22 on one sidegand a guide pin 23 on the other'side which engages with a guiding cam 2 mm the inside of the half f the pistol casing.

The single spring action in this pistol comprises I a coil 25, coiled around the hammer pivot pin 26 rnounted on the half 1 of the pistol'casing'; and

s ed. v iaminer' L'Q; and a second free end en 2'" of" the-1 trigger 2 0. The. ham

witha free end 2 7'en'gaging a shoulder "loosely mounted upon thesupporting as at;

. This hammer is provided with three essential parts. A lower final lifting camsurface 30,'an. "intermediate recess and cam surface 31 for ini tial lifting, and an arcuate firing face or hammer head 32. Returning to the triggerv once more, it will be i noticed that its guide rod 1 9' moves between the lugs or shoulder pieces 33 and 34 in order to guide it and also to permit it to rock slightly. This rocking is caused by the loweringof the rear end of the trigger through the engagement of the guide pin 23 with the'cam shoulder 24. "As the .half 1, in which the trigger-reciprocate's, is cut away at 35 for this purpose the shoulder 36 limits the forward movement of the trigger under the impulse of the spring.

a The ammunition strip 7 is stripped from the feeding wheel anvil and its pins, such as 11 to 16, inclusive, by a, spring stripper plate having on the rear end thereof an inclined face 3'7 with an open-ended slot 38 for receiving the pins which can 'passthrough the slotwhile lifting the fired portionof the strip ion the face 37-of the stripper so that the strip will be ejected through the opening 39in the top of the pistol'af ter the am munition has been fired in that portion of the strip. 'This stripper member. is held yieldingly .down'on the surface of the feeding wheel anvil by having its upper surface engaged by the lug -40, and its lower surface-engaged by a supporting lug 41 over which the'free end 120f the spring stripper is-bent. -The: feeding drum 1'? has an interiorly tapered surface 170. for engaging and .being supported by a taperedaxle support 2a.

The: anvil is provided with a sleeve 47 that has aslot 46 for admitting the lug into the -interior of theanvil 17 so that it can engage with thev actuating lugs; 48. g Method-o operation-Starting with the parts as in -Figure 9 the operator grasps the stockof the-handle or'the butt o'f'the pistol in theusu'al manner, and starts drawing .ba'ckwardly against thespring action on the trigger 20. The ammunie tion actuator'l8 engages, for instance, the'bottom of. the strip 7 to maintain itupwardly over the pin hand then engagesthe pin .11.

,.The continued movement of the triggeriserves to 'startthe; rotation. of the feeding wheel anvil v 17, carrying the feeding pins 11 12,13, etc. so that the pin 13 injthe recess. cam surface 31 of the hammer engages that surfaceto start an easy,

quick, 'initiallift'ingofi the hammer, as will be seen in Figure 11. It continues to do so until thepin'12 engages the lower cam surface 30 for lifted, is allowed to descend so that its hammer head-surface132 will engagethe ammunition spot "IO-on the feedingwheel anvil 1'7, firing .it, and

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strip action the fired ammunition strip will be stripped from the feeding wheel anvil 17 by the stripper 3'7 andejectedthrough the opening 39. This operation is repeated as many times as desired by the reciprocation of the trigger 20, which is returned to its initial position by the spring action.

It will also be observed that in order that the actuator 18 may suitably follow the arcuate path that theammunition will describe around the bottom of the feeding wheel anvil and to clear the teeth thereof upon the consummation of one firing operation, the trigger mechanism is allowed to rock and thereby move in an arcuate path'in which iti is guidedby the arcuate cam shoulder 24 engaging the pin-23 on the trigger mechanism.

Machine gun firing trigger; which remains at rest. As the handle is detachable it is possible to have, in a single toy pistol, either the trigger movement or the ma chine gun handle movement. a

" It is desired to comprehend within the invention such modifications as may be embraced within the claims and the scope of the invention.

' Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by 1-. Ina toy pistol, a reciprocating trigger, a

pivoted hammer operated by the trigger, a rotary feeding wheel anvil, said pistol having means for supporting a roll of perforated ammunition en- *gageable with said feeding anvil, pins on said feeding wheel anvil for engaging said perforations, and means on the trigger to engage the pins to rotate the anvil. I

2. Ina toy pistol, a reciprocating trigger, a

pivoted hammer, a rotary feeding wheel anvil,

said pistol having means for supporting'a rollof :perforated ammunition engageable with said feeding anvil, pins on said feeding wheel anvil for engaging said perforations, means on said hammer adapted to be engaged by said pins for lifting it, and means on said trigger. for engaging said pins for actuating the feeding wheel anvil. 3. In a toy pistol, a reciprocating triggeiyapivoted hammer, a rotary feeding wheel anvil, said pistol having means for supporting .a roll of perforated ammunition engageable with said feeding anvil, pins on said feeding wheel anvil for .engaging'said perforations, means on said hammer adapted to be engaged by said pins for lifting it, means onsaid trigger for engaging said pins for actuating the feedingwheelanvil, and a springaction for said hammer andtrigger.

4. In a toy pistol, a casing, a reciprocable trig-' ger,la' rotary feeding wheel' anvil having pins iii) thereon engaged by said trigger for actuating it,

a hammer engageable by said pins for lifting it and allowing, it to fall, to engage the feeding wheel anvil between the pins, means for supporting a perforatedammunition strip for feeding thereto,

3 and spring means for resisting the movementof' the trigger and for actuating the-hammer.

5. In a toy pistol, the'combin'ation of'a casing, a rotary-feeding wheel anvil, means for supportit-genres wheelanvil. to ,aetuatEQ itJ-a' ipivoted 'hammer adapted'to strike said feeding wheel' 'anvil; means ensaid rotary' feeding wheel .anvil' for lifting"said helmet-"and permittingitfto fall to fire theiame: inunitionapassing over -the -;feeding wheelri anvit, andlspring means for actuating saidharnrhen-y- 6. In a; 't'oypistol, the, combination of gaj-cas'ing,

a rotary feeding wheel anvil, meansfforirsupportingkianainmunitionstrip to be fedthereover; a trigger having ineansfor engaging, saidfeedin wheel anvil to actuate it, a pivoted hammer adapted to strike said feeding wheel anvil, means on'saidrotary' feeding wheel anvil-for lifting said hammer and permitting itto fall tofire. the ammunition passing over the feeding-wheel anvil, spri gsmeans for'actuating said hammer, and spring means for'resisting the" movement of the trigger; a I g 7. In a toy pistol, thecombination of a casing,

a rotary feeding wheel anviL me'ans for sup porting an ammunition strip to be fed thereover, antrigger. having means jforengaging :said

1 feeding'wheel anvil to actuate itj-a' pivoted ham mer adapted to strike said feeding-Wheel anvil, j means on said "rotary feeding wheel anvil for lifting saidhammer and'permitting it'to'fall'to :jfire the ammunition passing over the feeding a "1; heel anvil, spring L means for actuating. :said.

ment of 'the trigger,"and meansforiso guiding the trigger-asto rock it and move itpartially in an'arcuate path. I v 8; ma toy pistol, the combination of a easing;

'a rotary feeding wheel anvil, means for support-I ing an ammunition strip to'be-fed thereover, a trigger having means for/engaging said feeding 1 wheel. anvilsto actuate it; "a. pivoted hammer 5 adapted to strike said; feeding wheel'anvil, means on said rotary feeding wheel anvil for liftingsaid hammerfand permitting it to fallto fire the' am munition passingfover' the feeding Wheel anvil, spring means for actuating said hammer; spring meansfdr resisting themovement of thetrigger,

5 and means'for so 'guiding the trigger as to rock it and move it partially in an areuate path, said spring means being so arranged as tov actas a; 1 common actuating'and resisting means for both the hammer and the trigger. a T

' 9. In'a toy pistol,;the'combination of a easing, a rotary feeding wheel anvil, means for sup- I portingan ammunition strip tov befed thereo'ver, V a triggerhaving means for engaging said feeding" i wheel anvil toactua'te it, a pivoted hammer adapted to strike saidfeeding wheel anvil, means g on said rotary'feeding wheel anvil for lifting said hammer and permitting it to :fall to fire the 'ammunition passing over-the feeding wheel anvil,

spring means forflresistin'g the movement Lofthe-v trigger, said hammer comprising a lower" final cam lifting surface; andjintermediate first. eam j lifting surfaeeiand. a firinghead; wherebyv the means on the rotary feeding anvil first engagesthe first cam lifting, surface for easy. starting ofathe namg of the hammer and then the second 1 cam lifting surface and thereupon release the hammer andallowittofall, upon the feeding Wheel anvil? f j r g V a V l0."In a toy 'pis'tol, a rotar'y feeding wheel an- -vil having thereon teeth engaging and feeding an "ammunition strip, ,a, spring-ipres sed pivoted ham} mer engageabl'e with said anvilia'nd intermittent! o lylifted by theteethonthe anvil; and means for r means xlfor ngagin with-said rotary feeding A. wheel-xanvil torotat'eitto move theaammnnition,

and contrcl the hammerI-to 'cause -theaammunie .tion'to, fire, and trigger means adapted tot engage said feeding wheel V anvil to 'so actuateit but ara trigger, a tri ger "having guiding means I v a 1 half of which guides and limits the movement of hammer, sprin means for resisting the rmovei,

ger having fore and aft guiding members and "spring means for actuating. said hammer, and

anvil; a pivoted hammer having an' initial lifting engagingwithsaid rotary feedingwhe'el anvi1-to rotate it. to ,move the ammunition and control the-hammer to causeetheammunitionto fire? 1 l;: a toyl pi;stol, a rotary feeding wheel anvil, meansi forv supportingianiammunition strip to pass thereover rand} fed thereby; .a springpressed -pivoted hammereng'a'geablewithifsaid anvll and intrnlittently lifted thereby,-handle' ranged to be inoperative when the feeding'wheel anvil is'being operatedhysaidhandle and to operatethefeeding wheel anvil when the handle is inoperative.

.' :12. In a toy pistol, a bifurcated casing, onehalf of which guides and limits the movement of Q 95 mounted therein through a slot in the side, thereof, means for guiding said trigger in' a partially: arcuate path, ajhammer pivoted therein, a common spring means for actuating said hammer and said trigger Vmeans' therein for supporting a roll of; ammunition strip,

Iand'al rotary toothed feeding wheelanvil engageable by'said'trigger. and'engaging said. hammer.

13. Ina toy, pistol, a bifurcated casing, onea trigger, a trigger having guiding means mounted therein through a slot .in' the side thereof, 7 means for guiding said trigger in a partiallyareuate path, a hammer pivoted" therein, a com- Vmonfspring means for actuating'said hammer gageablewith the ammunitionstrip of said feeding wheel anvil, andstraddling thefeeding, pins 14. In atoypistoLacasinga reciprocabletrig 7 0 an ammunition actuator, atoothe'dfeeding Wheel anvil engaged by said actuator, means of supporte ing an ammunition "strip engaged by said teeth on the anvil, a pivoted hammer having primary "hammerandtriggeri" 5 15. Ina toy pistol, a casing, a reciprocable trig- ,ger having fore and aft guiding members and an ammunition actuator, atoothed feeding wheel- 1 3D anvil ;engagedlby said actuator, meansof supporting an, ammunition strip enga'geclby said teeth on the anvil, a pivoted hamrner having pri-" mary'and secondary cam liftingsurfaces and af 7 firinghead, spring means for actuating said ham- L 35 mer and trigger, and means for stripping yield I .ingly'the ammunition strip when fired from said anvil without interfering with its movement. -16; In: a toy pis'tol, a, toothed feeding wheel cam, a secondary lifting cam, and a firing head; adapted to ,engage th'eanvil between [the teeth thereof. r

17: In a'toy pistol, a new article of manufacture comprising a trigger having an upper for wardly extendingf guiding rod, an ammunition, actuator mounted thereon, a depending inter-.-

mediate finger piece, and a lower rearwardly rex- I tending, springengaging and guiding" member.

i 18. In a toy pistol, a bifurcatedcas'ing, a swing:

ing door jin oneside of said casing through which ammunition rolls are .introduced, .a, reciprocable I trigger in-the bottom thereof, said casing having -.a top spenttammunitionzstrip ejecting.- opening,

[a pivotedzhammer,therein a common sp'ringace tion for the trigger 'and1 hammer',: an'd a rotary 'feedingwheel anvil.

19. In a-toy pistoL-a net article of nianufaC ture' for use as. alfeeding wheelanvil; comprising .a drum having; teeth on the *periphery and a handle;ngaging"-v lugsjonthe interior of the;

drum adjacent a slotted sleeve on one side thereof, the interior of said Ldrum having atapered which the drum rotates. t t v 20. In atoy pistol, aurotary feeding wheel anvil, a reciprocating trigger for actuating it, a detachable handle for actuating it, a hammer, and a spring action. adapted to actuate the hammertin conjunction with the trigger andthe handle-interchangeably;

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